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Erica B (She/her) - I'm not here much (fediverse). Just watching the chaos of 2025 as old standards and norms crumble...

"It’s not the journalists’ burden to keep the government’s secrets for it," Seth Stern told Columbia Journalism Review. "That is the opposite of the press’s job, which is to tell the public what the government doesn’t want the public told."

https://www.cjr.org/news/pentagon-press-corps-hegseth-pledge.php

The Pentagon Press Gears Up for a Fight

“None of us are signing this pledge,” said one reporter.

Columbia Journalism Review
Jane Goodall, one of my greatest heroes, has passed away. How lucky we were to read her books and learn from her wisdom about our place on Earth. She was an inspiration to me and countless others. And her memory is a blessing.

The anniversary of the Marion raid should be a reminder to all journalists, and all law enforcement officers, of the rights afforded to journalists by the First Amendment and laws like the Privacy Protection Act.

Read more:

https://freedom.press/news/a-year-after-marion-county-record-raid-authorities-keep-ignoring-press-rights/

A year after Marion County Record raid, authorities keep ignoring press rights

Kansas raid was unusually dramatic, but smaller scale violations are a serious and persistent problem

Freedom of the Press

Musk is inviting his red-state pals to prosecute people who dare to advise advertisers to stay away from his toxic swamp.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/07/elon-musk-calls-for-criminal-prosecution-of-x-ad-boycott-perpetrators/

This is what right-wing extremists like Musk actually think about free speech. (They hate it when it's directed, unfavorably, at them.)

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/07/elon-musk-calls-for-criminal-prosecution-of-x-ad-boycott-perpetrators/

Is there a list of current deadbird site advertisers? I want to stay current on businesses to avoid in my shopping.

Elon Musk calls for “criminal prosecution” of X ad boycott perpetrators

Congress accused advertisers group of colluding to tank X's revenue.

Ars Technica
RT'ed by William Gibson on Twitter:
and it's so very on the nose of the issue:
In the annals of the most disgusting things done during the COVID-19 pandemic, this is now at the top of my list. It is odious.
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-covid-propaganda/
I would encourage everyone to download and read the new NCS Implementation Plan; there is a lot of good stuff in there. > FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Publishes the National Cybersecurity Strategy Implementation Plan | The White House https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/07/13/fact-sheet-biden-harrisadministration-publishes-thenational-cybersecurity-strategyimplementation-plan/
FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Publishes the National Cybersecurity Strategy Implementation Plan | The White House

Read the full Implementation Plan here President Biden has made clear that all Americans deserve the full benefits and potential of our digital future. The Biden-Harris Administration’s recently released National Cybersecurity Strategy calls for two fundamental shifts in how the United States allocates roles, responsibilities, and resources in cyberspace: Today, the Administration is announcing a roadmap to…

The White House

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The personal information of 237,000 current and former federal government employees has been exposed in a data breach at the U.S. Transportation Department (USDOT). The data was from the systems for processing TRANServe transit benefits that reimburse government employees for some commuting costs.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/data-237000-us-government-employees-breached-2023-05-12/
Data of 237,000 US government employees breached

The personal information of 237,000 current and former federal government employees has been exposed in a data breach at the U.S. Transportation Department (USDOT), sources briefed on the matter said on Friday.

Reuters

Relying on the Fed to raise interest rates puts the burden of fighting inflation mostly on lower-wage workers, who are already hurting most from rising prices.

Stop raising interest rates.

Better solutions? A windfall profits tax, price controls, and antitrust enforcement.